Hello, Bernard and Jonathan, and everyone out there listening.
I am happy to talk to you about the Songfest.

To begin, I would like to acknowledge Carmen Balhestero of
Brazil who directs Pax Universal, a large and active peace center in
Sao Paulo. She is listening to this broadcast. Hello, Carmen.

I would like to also mention Hideo Nakazawa of Japan who not
only notified his extensive list of peace participants, but also, he
has sent Songfest information to Pakistan where youth groups have
enthusiastically embraced the idea of singing with the world this
weekend the song Let There Be Peace On Earth.

Also in Japan, I would like to tell you that Yasuyuki Nemoto
has set up a web site for all to hear the Japanese version of the
song. This web site is
http://worldpeaceprayer.jp

I want everyone to know that Eric Van der Wyk of San Diego,
California, has put three versions of the song on his web site for
people to hear, and, he has composed a special song to mark the
event. This song is called Give Thanks and you can hear it on his web
site: http://kingtet.com

I want to thank everyone throughout the world who is
participating this weekend in Songfest.

A couple months ago, a world pole showed that 85% of the people
of this planet want peace. Thatís a vast majority. It shows that
wars are not the answer anymore. Peace is.

I think about this when I sing this weekend Let There Be Peace
On Earth.

Let me tell you the origin of Songfest. I received an email
from Ignaz Amrein of Australia who said he had an idea that could
change people's consciousness towards walking the path of peace,
harmony and looking after our beautiful world.

He envisioned having an event where people throughout the world
would be singing the same song at the same time. He was thinking of a
worldwide event similar to Bob Geldof's Band Aid concerts in the
80's.

The Australian said he contacted many people and peace
organizations but there was no interest. Finally, he decided he
hadnít approached the right people. One thing led to another, and
when he reached me, I loved his idea. I started thinking how to make
it work.

I have enough experience with setting up global events to know
that having the world sing the same song at the same time might be
wonderful, but it isnít feasible. The world is too big, and the time
zones are too many.

I decided to turn the original idea into a Songfest of
48-hours. That would give all a chance to sing the same song no
matter where they live on this planet.

I chose the song Let There Be Peace On Earth and Let It Begin
With Me because every time I hear it, it touches my heart. I think
it touches the hearts of all who sing it, all who hear it.

Let me tell you the origins of this song.

It was composed in 1955 by a husband and wife songwriting team,
Sy Miller and Jill Jackson. They first introduced this song to a
group of 180 teenagers who were on a weeklong retreat in the
mountains of California. These teenagers came from different
religious, racial, cultural and economic backgrounds, and the purpose
of the retreat was to create understanding and friendship among
them.

One summer evening in 1955, the teenagers formed a circle,
locked arms and sang this song of peace. When they returned to their
homes and their schools, they took with them Let There Be Peace On
Earth and Let It Begin With Me.

Soon it was being sung in all fifty states -- at school
graduations, at PTA meetings, at Christmas and Easter, on Human
Rights Day, on United Nations Day.

The song spread to Holland, England, France,Germany, the Middle
East, Japan, India,and to South America, Central America, Africa,
Asia, and Australia. The Maoris of New Zealand sang it. The Zulus of
Africa sang it.

Let There Be Peace On Earth has won awards, among them the
George Washington Honor Metal by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley
Forge, and an award from the National Conference of Christians and
Jews.

This song, which opens the heart to love and peace and harmony,
this song you are hearing in the background as I speak, brings joy to
everyone.

I am thinking again of the 85% who want peace on this planet,
and I am again thinking that this song will help raise the number to
100%. When that happens, there WILL be Peace on Earth.

No matter where we live on this planet, we will be at Peace.
48-Hour Songfest for Peace strives toward this moment, this goal.

How did I send out the message of Songfest to the Global
Meditations Network -- this message what was sent out across the
great spider web of the sky?

I sent it the same way as all messages are sent, blind copy,
and email addresses in alphabetical order. Between 100 and 200 people
on the same email.

I think about these people when the messages go out across the
sky, spreading out in all directions -- this one goes to South
Africa, that one to Sweden, to Australia, to Brazil, the U.S.A.,
Canada, Germany, France.

I love to think about this great spreading out, the messages
finding their destinations.

And then, after the messages go out, emails begin coming in
from all parts of the world.

I love this.

The Global Meditations Network is a great faceless organization
of people. We are all different, all races, creeds, and colors, but
it doesnít matter. The Network is faceless. We work in harmony
together for the betterment of our planet.

How many are out there? How big is the Network? I have no
idea. For the past couple of years, when Iím asked, I say a quarter
million read the messages that are sent out. But I know that number
is too low. l to 2 million are reached. Fortunately, I donít have to
email THAT many.

One California woman sends the messages to her list of 7, 000.
That is just one woman. Many, many, many send to their lists. Some
people post the messages on Internet bulletin boards. Others post
messages on their web sites. The word spreads, one way or
another.

One last remark about Songfest -- Cathedrals and churches were
notified about Songfest so they could participate. Specific
cathedrals were the National Cathedral of Washington D.C., St. John
The Divine Cathedral in New York City, Grace Cathedral in San
Francisco, Westminster Cathedral Choir School in London, and a radio
station connected to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

On the Internet are lists of email addresses attached to
churches and pastors in the United States. Many of these were
notified of Songfest.

I donít know how many churches groups sang Let There Be Peace
On Earth today, but I feel quite a number.

The energy feels good today. That is always a good sign that
Peace is in the thoughts of many.

Eric has composed a Songfest peace song called GIVE THANKS,
posted on
http://www.peaceinthemusic.com/
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BERNARD FERTAL OF WORLDPUJA agrees to post on his website versions of
Let There Be Peace On Earth in different languages. If you have the
song in languages other than English, you can send it to him as CD,
Cassette, or MP3. His email address is: bernard@worldpuja.org.
Surface address: WorldPuja, PO Box 4364, Chattanooga, TN 37405,
U.S.A.

The cutoff date is December 15.
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CARMEN BALHESTERO, pax@paxuniversal.org.br , of Pax Universal (Peace
Center), Sao Paulo, Brazil, is sending a Portugese version to
Bernard.
http://www.paxuniversal.org.br
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LOUIS MEJIA, lmejia@the-beach.net, may be able to find a Spanish
version.
http://www.tribalink.org Email
him if you can help.
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I have posted COMMENTS AND EVENTS for
Songfest.
Be sure to read MARGARET WADDELLíS email about the 4th Annual 24-hour
Worldwide Winter Solstice Chant for Peace.

I will continue to post on that page.

Peace, Love, and Light,
Barbara Wolf

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November 13, 2003:

At HARMONIC CONCORDANCE, which continues until the solar
eclipse on November 23, we have come together via world prayers and
other acts of Peace. Let us continue.

Ignaz Amrein of Australia, MISATORI@bigpond.com, emails asking
me how to set up a world Peace song event.

Those words -- World Peace Song Event -- ring a bell.
Such an event would continue the Peace momentum of theHarmonic
Concordance.

I have replied that the Global Meditations Network can initiate
a 48-Hour Songfest For Peace followed by a Minute for Peace Day.

We can do it easily and without fuss or extensive
preparation.

Sound is a great healer. Two days of song would help us
continue the momentum of our Harmonic Concordance Peace efforts.

Songfest dates: the weekend of December 20-21, 2003 in the
West, which is December 21-22 in the East.

Ignaz Amrein suggests that everyone at the same time sing one
Peace song. Because the world is so big, I suggest we concentrate on
one song over a period of two days. We can sing a song familiar to
most of us, Let There Be Peace On Earth and Let It Begin With Me.

Musician/composer Eric van der Wyk offers to put this
song on his web site,
http://www.kingtet.com, so we
can listen and sing.

He will also compose music for the Songfest and put it on his
web site.

Perhaps you would like to listen to other healing and peace
music. Whoever has this music on the computer, please email and I
will post the URLs on the Global Meditations Network web site.

Katherine Cheshire, kc4behopi@thehopiway.com, who offered your
Harmonic Concordance prayers in ceremony to Mother Earth, has
wonderful healing songs for you to listen to, but she needs someone
to walk her through the process of putting them on her computer. She
has a Mac. Is there anyone out there who can help her?

World Puja, which gives live telecasts, could be informed about
48-Hour Songfest For Peace. Jonathan Goldman, and whoever else, would
you be interested in initiating a contact?

Margaret Fikioris suggests we begin singing Let There Be Peace
On Earth before the Songfest, while we are walking, working, living
through our daily lives. We can teach the song to our children and
friends.

Does participating in a Songfest interest you? Would you call a
gathering?
Would you tell others?

I think we should have more Songfests to continue our efforts
for World Peace.
Valentineís Day feels like a good day for another Songfest. What are
your ideas?

Peace, Love, and Light,
Barbara Wolf

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Here is Ignaz Amreinís email:

G'day Barbara!

My name is Ignaz Amrein and I live in Australia. I have an idea
which can change people's consciousness towards walking the path of
peace, harmony and looking after our beautiful world. I was told by J
Daniel Emmanuel to get in touch with you after telling him about my
idea.

I have contacted a lot of people and peace organizations in
order to get help for getting this idea off the ground. Unfortunately
there has been no interest and in most cases not even a reply after
telling them about it. I guess, I haven't approached the right people
yet. Anyway, here it is!

The idea is to have a worldwide event similar to Bob Geldof's
Band Aid concerts in the 80's. The climax will be the singing of a
very special song with messages of peace and harmony, written by
people from all around the world. It may contain sacred words from
indigenous cultures, cultures which are still in touch with mother
earth.

This song will be sung at the very same time all around the
world. The lyrics will be sung in peoples native languages and the
chorus will be in English. The music will be very special too, it
will put people in state of consciousness, where the message goes
straight to their subconscious mind and then in subtle ways
influences everyones daily decisions. Walking the path of peace will
then be the natural state of being and because everybody is doing it
there will be no resistance. Love will finally rule (I can't think of
a better at the moment!) the world.

As you realise, to make this all happen a lot of people are
needed for this project. I haven't got the contacts to get it off the
ground. I have got the vision and I want to share it with the world.
I want to look after this beautiful world of ours so that our
children and all future generations can also enjoy it.

Many years ago, when I conceived this idea after reading "The
Red Sky Prophecies" in a magazine, I tried writing a song to change
our ways, it may give you a bit of an idea what I'm on about. Here it
is.

We have reached the fork in the road
as many prophecies have long ago fortold
we got to hear what our inner self is saying
there is no more delaying

one world, one people
one voice talking, one heart beating
harmony and peace
love returning

mother earth is dying
can't you hear her crying
we watched her suffer over generations
she has never so far run out of patience
but now the time has come to stop abusing
there is more to life than taking and using

one world, one people
one voice talking, one heart beating
harmony and peace
love returning

let's get back in touch with what we have lost so long ago
let's appreciate what makes our trees, our flowers, our children
grow
close your eyes and see the world around you
close your ears and hear the voices inside you

one world, one people
one voice talking, one heart beating
harmony and peace
love returning

I'm hoping so much that I can find people who are willing to
help and make it all happen. Thank you very much for your time.